Stripper device for flat work ironers



STRIPPER DEVICE FOR FLAT WORK IRONERS ATTORNEY STRIPPER DEVICE FOR FLAT WORK IRONERS Filed April 7, 1933 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTO R l C'zarles Ida/fz zyn/m' Zio/z Si? ATTORN EY Patented Jan. 29, 1935 lieuofthe 'strings ormtapes heretofore utilized;

rolls for the stripping offtli' Work therefrom. -Tl'ie type of stripping meansf set forfthlin these' patents is coniin'ed 't membersfwhicn'jare located rvonly on one"s'ide ofa r oll,`-`to Wit'' zthe' *delivery* side thereof'jorat leastdo not pass'ibetweenfanlirn# ing -roll `Aand the corresponding (portion lof'fthe heating chest." 5'- 'fIhe present inventionhas forfitlsobject-the provision of a3 novel stripper devioe'forv'uselin flat wbrk ironing* machines fand? iw'herin the device notonly p'rQvides jfor the *proper stripping'o the goods from the roll suiifaee'butinsures the 'retention' of the 'cover 'cloth ips'itionfgonthe' rol1; and preventsth Work'strippedvf-om'fthe rollfrorn rising unduly'infthe portion between'f'succlessive rolls, "as tvell .as (.'lir'e'ctingthy yvo'rktof the nip of thef'neiz't succeeding roll. 'f 1f l A further-object of the invention "resides in the provision of means for adjusting theheight-*of tlie'good'sdirecti "eans' abve'the* rr'espondingchestportio Still antl'er l'obJectof the invention l'r'eside'sin simple and effective :means for applyingfrapidw a plurality A`oi` stripping@ e'leine'nts in 'securing the stripping device position) vTanti' fors-facilitating' replacement' of a stripping element; 'als'o, in "simple and effective 'means 'whereby-*the `"passage si'A multaneousl'y 'of `a," multiplicity feti-the fsam'e -b'e'' tvveenfa roll andeliestfmay beeifected. Y `A I lAnotherobject [of Jthe inventioiresidesin the arrang'ementi wheebyth'e ends of faf's'tri-pperfele'f ment arelprevented -fi'o'mf'curling bothA locatingthe Vsal'tie'inp'ositioi i-'a'rid When'in olneration".A f In carrying out tlfe invention;therejisfprovid ed in connection V Witli` eacli of the successive l rolls aplurality of narrow and;resilient-metalbands which are' arranged tolpass' benefatlilfa roll -dfronl its feed side to the*deliveryhside,r being disposed longitudinally-of said frioll and'sutablessupport wml# ing-means: are rovidedl-atthe pposi n the "r'o'll 'for' this purpose; Thelv Y si'ippo'rt-4 for the far end :of a v'banden the delivery side of fal 'roll may servefjano for the support-"rdf -th'ef fee-dinde endors-band formel-next! su' "eedmgrbn Pro2 vision is Amde'gfor')uniting"and-` 'acingj'all of 'the far vends of-A the'variousllands'pri'or to passing the same beneath alrolli'wl'nthe fress' :is released thereon) "so Ithat' no di'lijdultyl illbe eiprienced in' -lsetting up ftl'ie` stripper fdevice f-'Afr 'l usel-'f-*Tne arrangement isy such; moreover; that an en'dfo'ff a band is -r'eafdily mountedinland WithdraA ,n'fronfi the uniting member `for themultiplicityof'bandm -and; the mowing zdf the ummgjmenber as, a Wliole'- on' its Asupportfalso is readily'accornplished, while? the support iselfwis designed, .w-befsdi-i: instable vernam witnessed# wthstenfcnest The tufrei 0f: .thefnvniom 'hQWi/,erl ,Will-best b udels'd Whelidserbed .iff Gonnb'tipniwtli the' accompanying drawings, ir'jwhich': :i A j' y ",Figljfl'fis ",affragmentary, transverse section tliroligvliE a s Vmession [of irningjrolls' `and assodated Stafn. chests, and' illustrates ,thegapplica tion of the stripper'device,1*,h`er`jet`cL` and'them'outfj ing of the same uponajframeofthefironingmaehi; (A, Fig, 2,:isfa fragmentarylongltudinal vsectionoi the ironing y.machine Vandftaken. ron .the line Zus-Q2.;

fFig 35S a 'perspective View 0fv the.' noi/e1 Stripper element; andFig isalsimfilai vivv'of the uniting anjdlspefiing membervf-lbpsitiohfigfhe.en ef the stripper'elements. Y Fig. 5 isa fragmentary-, transverse n section illustratingthe mannerf applying.thestripnngfdeevicetotheironms'mahinefffs 1 Fig.-illustrates a .modification in the lmanner of` applyingthe stripping elements toqspaeerbars theleifol-4 :f j' ze. risk' Referring to the .dre/Wings, :more l particularly Figs. 'flfandiZ thereof,10,l 1l and 12l designate a; succession` of intermediate ironingrolls such' 'as the: third,vfourthl andlfth rolls of an@ eight-roll ironeri and utilized in a 11a-t 'work ironing machine,` for example `-of vthe *chest type, fa said =roll being sidesI of s Fig, of the drawings, floolginginr thedirection 30 operating chest portion to the delivery side of said roll, a supporting bracket at the feed side of the roll, a supporting bracket at the delivery side of the roll and constituting a support for the band of the next succeeding roll, means to secure the feed sideend of the iirst-named band to the said bracket at the feed side of the roll, means to secure the delivery side end of said first-named band to the said bracket at the delivery side of the roll, and means to adjust the supporting bracket for the delivery side end of the band relatively to the frame.

3. In a flat Work ironing machine including a frame, a heat chest mounted thereon, a plurality of successive ironing rolls rotatably mounted in the frame above the heat chest, and a stripper device including a plurality of resilient metal bands associated with the surface of a roll and extending from the feed side thereof between said roll and the cooperating chest portion to the delivery side of said roll, a common support for the bands at the feed side of a roll, a common support for the bands at the delivery side of a roll and constituting a support for the bands of the next succeeding roll, a bar having key slots and provided with a channel portion having vertical entrance slots, studs extending from the supporting brackets to receive the key slots of the bar, and pins secured to the respective ends of the bands adapted to rest in the channel portion of the bar.

CHARLES EDWIN HAMILTON, SR. 

